Jack Osbourne defends his choice to attend the meeting UFC fight at the White House over the weekend, saying some of the critical comments he received were “completely insane and what the f-?”
The former reality star shared a video on his YouTube channel to discuss the backlash he’s received, and he shared several examples of comments on social media that said things like “So disappointed” and “This is pretty devastating, not gonna lie.”
“I went to a sporting event. That was it,” he clarified. ‘I didn’t throw my hat in the ring for a political position.
“I wasn’t there to support a politician or some foreign affairs issue. Nothing. I literally went to the White House to go to the UFC.”
Osbourne explained that he has been interested in martial arts all his life, including taking taekwondo at age 6, studying Muay Thai in Thailand in his late teens and early 20s, and doing jiu-jitsu in his 30s.
“I’ve also attended UFC and PRIDE fights going back to the early 2000s. It’s something that’s been part of my life since I can remember,” Osbourne said.
he said when he was invited by UFC President and CEO Dana White”Of course I would go. Every person who would have gotten an invite would have gone.”
“I’m sorry, I couldn’t think of anyone who would have said, ‘No, I’m not going there because I don’t approve of Orange Man’ or whatever.”
He called the response “ridiculous” and emphasized that it was “not a political event – or in my view it wasn’t.” It was a fight in the White House. Who indicates…?’
The 40-year-old said he told his wife at the event that it would be great if more sporting events took place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, pointing out that some former presidents held events on the White House lawn.
The ‘Night of Terror’ host took offense to fans who said his father, the late Ozzy Osbourne, would disapprove of his presence.
“You didn’t know my father. You didn’t know where he stood,” Osbourne said. “Yes, he definitely wrote a song called ‘War Pigs’. Anti-war song. He wasn’t anti-UFC. He wasn’t against going to an event at the White House. He was anti-war.”
He pointed that out his father attended a White House correspondents dinner during the Bush administration and showed a video of himself jumping up excitedly when he got a shoutout from the former president.
Ozzy also did USO tours and visited wounded service members at Walter Reed Medical Center, his son explained.
“So shut up, actually,” he added. “To bring my father into this and say he would or would not approve of it is completely insane. I simply attended a sporting event for a sport that I have great respect for and something that has been a part of my life since I can remember.”
He added, “So deal with it, and I’m sorry you weren’t invited.”
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